base
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～ use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
base
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～ (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"
base
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～ of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
base
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～ serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
base
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～ having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
base
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～ debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
base
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～ not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
base
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～ the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
base
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～ a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
base
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～ the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
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～ a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
base
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～ a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
base
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～ (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
base
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～ (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
base
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～ any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
base
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～ the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
Base
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～ a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
base
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～ lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
base
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～ (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"